{"id":12895,"date":"2017-05-18T11:19:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T18:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=12895"},"modified":"2017-05-18T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T18:19:14","slug":"first-post-thursday-may-18-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2017\/05\/18\/first-post-thursday-may-18-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Thursday, May 18, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ySzrJ4GRF7s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some famous people died overnight, and here&rsquo;s one of them we&rsquo;ll miss: soulful. R.I.P., Chris Cornell&#8230; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont<\/strong> 2, 4, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> 2, 3, <em>5<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay-side (Weekend\/Weekday)<\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BelTerra<\/strong> 4, <em>6<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Churchill<\/strong> <em>1<\/em>, <em>4<\/em>, 5, <em>7<\/em>, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 1, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Pimlico<\/strong> 1, <em>3<\/em>, <em>4<\/em>, 5, <em>6<\/em>, <em>8<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: None today, but your Nashville Predators stay at home this evening with the intent of putting a 3-1 series stranglehold on the Anaheim Ducks. The first puck drops at 8 p.m. EDT \/ 5 p.m. PDT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Track (Actual No. of $20+ Win Mutuels\/No. of Those Who Were LifeLiner-Eligible)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Jankees outslug K.C., 11-7; Aaron Hicks had a 3-run HR, his seventh HR of the season, for Nueva Jork.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chas. Town (2\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Players of all stripes were UNITEd on Chris&rsquo; Cherokeebop, Fair Odds of 6-5 (!) and Dual Qualifier (86, 92) in a noncontentious Race 4; he went gate-to-wire to win by 1 at $27.80. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evangeline (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Missing-funds investigation at Evangeline Parish Sheriff&rsquo;s Office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulf (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Host Marlins blanked by Houston, 3-nil; Giancarlo Stanton had Miami&rsquo;s only extra-base hit, a double.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash;  Indpls. man faces hearing for admitting to using a plastic bat to attack goose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Louisiana (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Candlelight vigil set for Homer homicide victim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mountain (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Efforts to update Weirton city plan continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thistle (1\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Dual Qualifier War Colony (99, 87) won the hearts and minds of the High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads in a noncontentious Race 6; he raced ribcage-to-wire to win by 3 at $26.80. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woodbine (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Blue Jays doubled-up by Atlanta, 8-4; Justin Smoak and Jose Bautista homered for Toronto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>BelTerra<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Chas. Town<\/strong> 6&frac12;f<br \/>\n<strong>Gulf<\/strong> 5f (T), 6f<br \/>\n<strong>PennNat<\/strong> 6f, 1m70y<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. <em>Don&rsquo;t you lock up something\/That you wanted to see fly&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some famous people died overnight, and here&rsquo;s one of them we&rsquo;ll miss: soulful. 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